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1 Goldgulden - Theodoric II of Moers Bonn mint
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1423-1425 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Central figure of Saint Peter depicted facing front in high relief, enthroned and robed in flowing ecclesiastical drapery, raising his right hand in benediction and holding a key in his left hand, attributes of the patron saint of Cologne. A nimbus surrounds the saint's head, and the Cologne arms shield appears at the base of the figure below his feet. The legend encircles the central device within a beaded inner border, rendered in Gothic uncial characters on the irregularly shaped flan typical of hammered gold coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Theodoric II of Moers held the archbishopric from 1414 until his death in 1463, one of the longer tenures in Cologne's medieval history, yet the Bonn mint struck goldgulden in his name only within this narrow two-year window. The reason is administrative rather than accidental — Bonn's minting rights were periodically suspended and reassigned among the archbishop's various monetary authorities, making Bonn-struck gold from this period considerably scarcer than equivalent Cologne city output.
Felke 1066 is the standard reference for this type; Noss remains the deeper source for die attribution within the Co II series.